Calendar-clock.



PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

J. L. WOODS. CALENDAR CLOCK.

APPLIGATION FILED MAB. s, 1906.

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PATENT OFFICE.'

JESSE LEROY WOODS, OE BALSORA, TEXAS.

oALENDAn-CLOOK.

specincation' of Letters patent.

Patented Feb. 26. 1907.'

. Application filed Hai-oh 8, 1906. Serial No. 304,942..

Be it known that I, JESSE LEROY WOODS, the United States, residing atBalsora, in the county OfWise and State of Texas, have invented certainnew and useful Im rovements in Clock-Calendars; and I vdo to bp a full,clear, and thel nvention, suchas 'lled in the a rt to which itappertains to make and use the same.

i y invention relates to calendar attachments for clocks, and consistsin the novel construction, combination, `,and arrangement of parts, aswill be hereinafter described and claimed.

lThe object-of exact description o durable, compact, comparativelinexpensive, and highly-eiicienty device o this character which may bereadily mounted b any intelli entpersonin the casing of a cloc between te pendulum wire or rod and the case-lid and actuated by the mechanism ofthe clock without in any way interfering with the proper o eration ofthe same.

The above an other objects, which will ear as the nature of my inventionis betterr understood, are accomplished byl'means of the"constructionillustrated in the accom-f panying drawings, 1n which- Figure 1 is aview of a portion of a clock with my improved calendar attachment apliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ookin at the rear Aof theattachment. Fig. 3 is a etailsectional view taken-on the lane indicatedby the line 3 3 in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view, onanenlarged scale, of a portion of the supporting-frame and its angularlever.-

Referring Ato`the drawings by numerals, 1 denotes a portion of thecasing of a clock of denotes the dial thereof,

I and-3 denotes the hour-hand shaft, u on which latter is provi-ded afin ter is preferably formed, as c a strip of metal bent around and er4. IThe atsecured to the shaft 3 and has one of its ends `l`i'ojecting'tangentially to form a his finger 4 1s adapted to actuate my im:

proved calendar attachment 5, which is disl posed within theclock-casing 1, and comprises a supporting-frame 6, consisting of aorizont-ally-disposed angular late 7 and a bracket ,8'. The latteais int e form of a the invention is to provide a lshown in Fig. 1. sents a da16, and is provided linger.

strip or ends, one of which is formed with a s t 9 .to receive a screwor other fastening 10, which adjustably secures the attachment4 to oneof the sides ofthe clock-casing. It will be seen that by means of thisslotandcrew connection the supporting-frame '6 may be. adjustedvertically and that by bending the bracket 8 it may be adusted. aterallyor. at any. desired an le. he short right-angularly bent end of t eplate 7 is riveted or otherwise secured to one end of the bracket 8, asshown at 11, so that its longer portionextends horil zontally, as shown.

Pivotally mounted upon ,the front face of l the late 7 by means of apivot-bolt 12, Whic is screwed into the plate 7 and locked therein b \anut, ,as shown in Fig. 3, is.a metal dis centric depression de ressionis adapted to receive calendardis 16 ad 17. 'Ihe latter, of c elluloido'r the like, are upon the front face of said disk, the pivot 12 passingthrough them and retaimng them'in the their outer. edges `will bind, andthey will be caused to turn withv the plate. Upon the outer or upperdisk 16 is a metal' disk 1 8, through which the pivot 12 also passes.The ed e or peri hery of the plate 13 is notched or ent, as s own,

ose of which will presenti?rA appear. ower and upper disks 16 17 orm acalendar, preferably o the perpetual disk 16 av dially-arrange spaces,within which are printed OLOtherwise marked the days of the month., thearra ement. being preferablyas ach of these spaces repredisposed ots toindicate the forenoon and afternoon of each da it being understood thatthe calendar be shifted one space every twelve hours. calendar-disk 17is of radiallyarranged s aces, in the outer of which are of the weeplaced the names of the months and the numer` of days in each month forthe purpose of@ sho on which the months expire. he metal the datesdepression 14, so that to formteeth 15, theprhl and. is vsubdivided bycentrally- 1.3, formed with a circular con- 14 in its front face, whichtype, the lower around its' outer edge ra-v The outer or up er less sizethan the' isk with'concentric rows of' IOO laced a breviations of thedaysg ;y and in the inner of which are disk v18 is provided with apointer-19, which isadapted to indicate the month, as shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings. The disks 16, 17, and 18 are all concentric andindependently pivoted on the pivot 12, so that they may be adjusted asfound necessar livoted at its angle on the inner face of the plate 7 bya pivot-bolt 20, screwed into said plate and made fast by a nut, is abell crank or angularly-bent lever 21, one .arm 22 of which extendsupwardly and into the path of the finger 4 on the hourhand 3, so as 'tobe actuated by the same; 'l'he other arm 23 of the lever 21 extendshorizontally, and its downward movement is limited by a stop 24, formedupon the free end of the plate 7 by stamping a portion of the sameupwardly, as shown. 'l'he arm 23 of the lever 21 has a slightlongitudinal curvature, as shown, so as to clear the nut upon the pivot12, and the extreme outer end of said arm 23 is reduced and bent aroundthe edges of the disks 13 and 1G, so as to form a pointer 25, whichcoacts with the calendar, 'as will be readily understood. Upon said endof the arm 23 is also provided a finger or catch 26, which springs intoengagement with the teeth 15 in the disk 13 by reason of the resiliencyofthe arm and aetuates the disk 13, and hence the calendar. rlhis finger26 is preferably formed by stamping or bending the free edge of said endof the arm 23, as clearly shown in Fig. e. The lever is returned to itsnormal position after` being actuated by the finger 4. on the hour-handshaft bymeans of a spring 27, which has one of its ends secured to therear face of the plate 7 by stamping or bending a portion of the latteraround said end, as at 23. The free end 29 of the spring is bent atright ann gies and engages the upper edge of the arm 23 of the lever 21,the end 29 having a slight downward inclination, so that the arm 23 ofthe lever will be forced toward the inner face of the plate 7 and thefinger or catch 26 will be more effectively retained in engagement withthe teeth 15. y Retrograde movement of the disk 13 is prevented by aspring lever or pawl 30, which has its inner end pivoted upon thepivot-bolt 12 and its outer end formed with a catch or finger 31 toengage the 'teeth in the disk 13. Said pawl or lever 30 is held in itsplace between the stop 24 and a similar stop 32, formed upon the loweredge ofthe plate 7, by bending a portion of the same upwardly, as shown.

The construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will bereadily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings. It will be noted that the attachment maybe readily applied to a clock of any description by any intelligentperson and that the calendar may be quickly adjusted at the end of eachmonth, so that the pointer 25 will properly indicate each day.

1Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principleor'saerificing any of the-advantages ol this invention and defined bythe appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is*

1. The combination with a clock-easii'ig and hour-hand shaft, of asupporting-frame mounted within said casing, a disk pivoted to saidframe and provided with teeth, a calendar upon said disk, an angular'.lever pivoted to said'lrame and actuated by said hour-hand shaft, apointer associated with said lever to coact with said calendar, a'linger carried by said lever and engaging said teeth for rotating thedisk, a spring upon said frame and engaged with said lever for returningthe latter to its normal position, and a pawl pivoted upon said franirAand adapted to engage said teeth to 1,1 mwen-L retrograde movement ofsaid disk, substantially as described.

2. rlfhe. combination with a clock-casing and hour-hand shaft, of asupportiiig-i'ranie, means for adjustably mounting the saine within saidcasing, a disk pivoted upon said frame and formed in its edge withteeth. a calendar upon said disk, an angular lever pivoted to said frameand actuated by said hour-hand shaft, a pointer lorined upon one end of'said. lever and adapted to coact with said calendar, a finger formed onsaid end of the lever and engaging said teeth for rotating said disk, astop upon said frame to limit the movement of' said lever, a springattachment to said frame and having an angularly-bent end to engage saidlever, a pawl or spring lever upon said frame and adapted to engage saidteeth to prevent retrograde movement of said disk, and a stop upon saidframe to hold said pawl or spring lever in position, substantially asdescribed.

3. rl`he combination with a clock-easing and hour-hand shaft, of asupporting-frame, means for adjustably mounting the saine within saidcasing, a disk pivoted upon said frame and formed in its edges withteeth, a calendar upon said disk comprising a lower `disk havingday-spaces, an upper disk having week and month spaces and an outer diskprovided with a pointer, an angular lever pivoted to said frame andactuated by said hour-hand shaft, a pointer formed upon one end of saidlever and. adapted to coact with said calendar, a finger formed on saidlend of the lever and engaging said teeth for i rotating said disk, astop upon said frame to limit the movement of said lever, a springattached to said frame and having an angul ILO larl-bent end to engagesaid lever and hold In testimony whereof I have hereunto set sai fmgerin engagement lWith said teeth, my hand in presence of two'subscribngWit- Io and a pavl o sprilg lever pivoteddupon laid nesses'. l

frame an a a te to enga e sai 'teet to v prevent retrogllzde movemelt ofsaid disk, JESSE LEROY WOODS' and a. stop upon said frame to hold saidpawl Witnesses:

or sprin ylever in position, substantially as I O. SHEPPARD,

describe Y O. C. DORRELL.

